Madagascar

See also: Madagáscar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Madageiscar, reputedly a corruption of Mogadishu popularized by Marco Polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madəˈɡaskə/
• IPA^(key): /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/

Proper noun

Madagascar

2. A country and island of the east coast of Africa with capital Antananarivo. Official name: Republic of Madagascar.

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Madagascan
• Madagascar bean

• Madagascar jasmine
• Malagasy

Translations

country in Southern Africa

• Afrikaans: Madagaskar
• Amharic: ማዳጋስካር (madagaskar)
• Arabic: مَدَغَشْقَر f (madaḡašqar)
• Armenian: Մադագասկար (Madagaskar)
• Assamese: মাদাগাস্কাৰ (madagaskar)
• Azerbaijani: Madaqaskar (az)
• Belarusian: Мадагаска́р m (Madahaskár)
• Bengali: মাদাগাস্কার (madagaskar)
• Breton: Madagaskar
• Bulgarian: Мадагаска́р m (Madagaskár)
• Burmese: မဒါဂတ်စကား (ma.dagatca.ka:)
• Catalan: Madagascar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬達加斯加／马达加斯加 (zh) (Mǎdájiāsījiā), 马达加斯加 (zh) (Mǎdájiāsījiā)

• Czech: Madagaskar (cs) m
• Danish: Madagaskar (da)
• Dhivehi: މަޑަގަސްކަރަ (maḍagaskara)
• Dutch: Madagaskar (nl)
• Esperanto: Madagaskaro (eo)
• Estonian: Madagaskar (et)
• Finnish: Madagaskar (fi)
• French: Madagascar (fr)
• Galician: Madagascar (gl)
• Georgian: მადაგასკარი (madagasḳari)
• German: Madagaskar (de)
• Greek: Μαδαγασκάρη (el) f (Madagaskári)
• Hausa: Madagaskar
• Hebrew: מדגסקר (madagaskár)
• Hindi: मेडागास्कर (meḍāgāskar), मैडागास्कर (hi) m (maiḍāgāskar)
• Hungarian: Madagaszkár (hu)
• Icelandic: Madagaskar (is) n
• Interlingua: Madagascar
• Italian: Madagascar (it) m
• Japanese: マダガスカル (ja) (Madagasukaru)
• Kamba: Madagaska
• Kazakh: Мадагаскар (kk) (Madagaskar)
• Khmer: ម៉ាដាហ្គាស្ការ (maadaagiəskaa)
• Kikuyu: Madagaska
• Korean: 마다가스카르 (Madagaseukareu)
• Kyrgyz: Мадагаскар (Madagaskar)
• Lao: ມາດາກັດກາ (mā dā kat kā)
• Latin: Madagascaria (la)
• Latvian: Madagaskara f
• Lithuanian: Madagaskaras (lt) m
• Luhya: Madagaska
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• Luo: Madagaska
• Macedonian: Мадага́скар m (Madagáskar)
• Malagasy: Madagasikara (mg)
• Malay: Madagaskar
• Manx: Madagascar
• Maori: Marakāhia, Matakahaka
• Meru: Madagaska
• Mongolian: Мадагаскар (Madagaskar)
• Navajo: Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah
• Norman: Madagascar
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Madagaskar (no)

  Nynorsk: Madagaskar (nn)

• Novial:
• Persian: ماداگاسکار (fa) (mâdâgâskâr)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Madagascar
• Polish: Madagaskar (pl)
• Portuguese: Madagáscar (pt) (Portugal), Madagascar (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: Madagascar (ro) n
• Russian: Мадагаска́р (ru) (Madagaskár)
• Scots: Madagascar
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мадагаскар m

  Roman: Madagaskar (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මැඩගස්කරය (mæḍagaskaraya)
• Slovak: Madagaskar m
• Slovene: Madagaskar (sl) m
• Spanish: Madagascar (es)
• Swahili: Bukini (sw), Madagaska
• Swedish: Madagaskar (sv)
• Tagalog: Madagaskar (tl)
• Tajik: Мадагаскар (tg) (Madagaskar)
• Tatar: Мадагаскар (Madağaskar)
• Thai: มาดากัสการ์ (th) (maa-daa-gás-gâa)
• Tibetan: མ་ད་གཱ་སི་ཀར (ma da gā si kar)
• Tigrinya: ማዳጋስካር (madagaskar)
• Turkish: Madagaskar (tr)
• Turkmen: Madagaskar
• Ukrainian: Мадагаска́р (uk) m (Madahaskár)
• Urdu: مڈغاسکر (meḍāġāskar)
• Uyghur: ماداگاسكار (madagaskar)
• Uzbek: Madagaskar (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ma-đa-gát-xca
• Yoruba: Madasika

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Catalan

Proper noun

Madagascar m

1. Madagascar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.da.ɡas.kaʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Madagascar m

1. Madagascar

Derived terms

• malgache

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Italian

Proper noun

Madagascar m

1. Madagascar

Related terms

• malgascio

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Manx

Proper noun

Madagascar m

1. Madagascar

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Madagascar f

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of Madagáscar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madaɡasˈkaɾ/ [ma.ð̞a.ɣ̞asˈkaɾ]

Proper noun

Madagascar ?

1. Madagascar